History of collaboration
Indonesia and the Netherlands maintain close relations. Dutch businesses are making considerable investments in Indonesia’s fast-growing economy. Indonesia has also been a Dutch partner country for development cooperation, with an emphasis on water management, food security and the justice sector.
The University of Twente has a long history of cooperation with Indonesia. Cooperation with, for example, the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Bandung, and the Gadjah Mada University (UGM), Yogyakarta, goes back to the late 1960’s and early 1970’s.
Agreements
The University of Twente has numerous agreements with academic and non-academic partners in Indonesia. Feel free to contact the country coordinator for a specific agreement.
Scholarships
The University of Twente is listed as one of the preferred LPDP (Educational Fund Management Institution - Ministry of Finance (kemenkeu.go.id)) foreign partner institutions. Several PhD and Master students are participating in their study programs of choice with the LPDP scholarship.
The Indonesian Ministry of Communications and Informatics (Kominfo) also has a scholarship program. The scope of this scholarship is to enhance human resources competitiveness and create Indonesian professionals in the fields of communications and informatics that meet industry demands for information and Communication Technology (ICT) professionals.
See also: https://www.utwente.nl/en/education/scholarship-finder/?country=ID.
Current projects
Some examples:
- The University of Twente signed a Letter of Intent to cooperate with the National Research and Innovation Agency of Indonesia (BRIN – Badan Riset dan Innovasi Nasional) with the aim to establish collaboration and explore opportunities to develop, support and enrich the development of research and scholarly cooperation. Also see: ITC signs Letter of Intent with National Research and Innovation Agency of Indonesia.
- INREEF: Interdisciplinary program to build the resilience of marine protected areas in tourism destinations - WUR project – with participation of Dr. Erik Horstman.
NL Knowledge House
The NL Knowledge House (NL KH) is the home of Dutch knowledge abroad: where knowledge builds collaboration, and collaboration builds knowledge. It co-creates knowledge on an institutional level with local counterparts in the field of education and (applied) research with other societal stakeholders such as civil society and the private sector, such as living labs. Hence, a quadruple helix collaboration. For information on the NL KH, please see the flyer. Feel free to contact Lyande Eelderink (chair NL KH Indonesia, University of Twente) for more information on this initiative.